Appropriate boat names

[longjohnsilver]

Apologies if the owner sees this, but I couldn’t resist taking a pic

 

[Praxinoscope]

The boat to stb doesn't look in much better condition.

 

[Poignard]

Is that the naughty pontoon?

 

[rotrax]

Been on here before but for those who did not see it or have forgotten.

We would often hear a Fletcher Speedboat calling the lock at Port Solent Marina:-

" Port Solent Marina, Port Solent Marina, this is Norman Stanley calling for permission to pass through the lock......................."

 

[longjohnsilver]

The boat to stb doesn't look in much better condition.

There’s a few more in similar nick. It’s the Exeter Ship Canal, by Turf Locks, where it joins the river Exe. Here’s another taken from the lock on a sunnier day last week.

 

[wully1]

Apologies if the owner sees this, but I couldn’t resist taking a pic

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It’s heart breaking to see a good boat that someone would love rotting away..

 

[Sandy]

I shall need to take a wander down the towpath soon. Not been down since before Lockdown I. Looks like Turf is turning into another boat graveyard.

Bora Bora arrived down with us in Plymouth a few weeks back, not yet met the new owners.

 

[Corribee Boy]

I think that boat was on the mooring next to mine at Starcross - pretty derelict even then.

 

[anoccasionalyachtsman]

The boat to stb doesn't look in much better condition.

I think that one's 'Brothers in Arms'.

 

[Bajansailor]

Dire Straits looks like a Westerly GK 24.
I am sure that she would be transformed if a power washer was let loose on her.
Similarly with her neighbour - she looks like she might be a Vivacity 24 (?) - or perhaps an Atlas - but I am intrigued by what appears to be a solid dodger over the companionway?

 

[bitbaltic]

Give it till Easter and someone will be along with a 200 page thread on their restoration plans for one or the other of ‘em.

 

[mjcoon]

I am sure that she would be transformed if a power washer was let loose on her.

Wouldn't you have to be jolly careful not to pulverise the porous wooden trim portions?

 

[Stemar]

As long as she's dry inside and the engine works, DS could actually be worth doing for a cheap intro to racing round the cans. I would think some half decent sails could be had second hand, and there isn't much woodwork, even if it is rotten

 

[Blueboatman]

Kind of fun to have an ‘ absolute ‘ Tore Out’?

You know, remove all trim, all sea cocks except for one static cockpit drain, engine, loo , sink mattresses , old wiring , cooker, gas install, tanks and varnished woody bits, stuff stuff stuff... and just navigate on compass and eyeball and an old gps equipped smart phone and a paper chart. With plenty of cut down s/h sails ...

The affordable accessible mooring, there’s the rub, aye!

 

[Neeves]

Kind of fun to have an ‘ absolute ‘ Tore Out’?

You know, remove all trim, all sea cocks except for one static cockpit drain, engine, loo , sink mattresses , old wiring , cooker, gas install, tanks and varnished woody bits, stuff stuff stuff... and just navigate on compass and eyeball and an old gps equipped smart phone and a paper chart. With plenty of cut down s/h sails ...

The affordable accessible mooring, there’s the rub, aye!

I suspect you would need to hanker after a solitary life?

Jonathan

 

[Sandy]

Has Cheeky Monkey moved from Topsham as I've not seen her this year.

 

[Blueboatman]

I suspect you would need to hanker after a solitary life?

Jonathan

Indeed
Although I was thinking of a Saturday fun daysailer and a couple of mates ..
I looked at a 36 ft grp boat with detachable legs. And clever stowage for them..In theory ‘parking’ on a firm foreshore ( with a boat lacking in any pinch-able valuables on it) as they do up sheltered Cornish creeks -and other places ?-offers low cost and dinghy-less access . And no antifouling too.. maybe.
In the end I declined , reasoning one would worry or just lug the legs around all the time and rarely use em..and bought a ‘ standard’ sister ship ..

 

[Stemar]

The affordable accessible mooring, there’s the rub, aye!

I can still be done, even in the Solent. I could tell you what I pay for my club mooring, but I don't like to see grown men cry

 

[Blueboatman]

Quite right
Mums the word and mind the mud?

In my limited experience -across three continents,mind- the bestest nicest rarest least high profile moorings and boatyards say : “ Well , bring it round and let’s have a look at you “...
the naive might think they are being asked solely about the size of their boat...

 

[Stemar]

Or, in my case, yes you can join our club, and you might live long enough to get a mooring, but don't count on it